Cigarette rest



2&32536 March 3, 1936. N. G. HQRWHTT ET AL CIGARETTE REST Filed May 26,1953 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIE CIGARETTEREST Application May 26, 1933, Serial No. 672,920

7 Claims.

This invention relates to a rest for supporting a cigarette, cigar, orother suitable object. The rest is so constructed that it can be set invarious places such as on the edge of a dish. Almost any dish can beconverted into an ash tray by setting one or more rests upon its edge.The device consists essentially of a trough shaped body portion mountedupon a spring clip or support in such a manner that said slip can be setat various angles with the body portion, a friction grip being'providedbetween the clip and said body portion to maintain the angle set.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent upon further study ofthe description and drawing, in which:-

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the device.

Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken along the broken line 3-3 of Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is an elevation of the rest shown in position on a dish withturned in edges, said dish being in section, and

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the rest shown in position on a shallow dish,said dish being in section with a portion broken away.

Fig. 6 is a plan view of the device with the clip omitted to show theslits.

The rest comprises a concaved body portion 6, preferably of sheet metal.In use, the cigarette rests upon said body portion. Body portion 6 isstamped and slit to form a pair of oppositely disposed lips I, locatedbelow its cigarette supporting surface. Body portion 6 is furtherprovided with slits giving rise to tongues 9 extending substantially atright angles to lips I. Slits 8 are made long enough to providesuflicient resiliency to tongues 9 to enable them to act as flatsprings. Inserted above lips I and below tongues 9 is a spring clipdenoted in its entirety by the numeral Hi. When clip ill is thusinserted, tongues 9 normally exert spring pressure upon the arcuate headll of clip Ill. The head of the clip subtends an angle greater thandegrees. While a circular curvature is preferred, other forms ofcurvature may be used.

Said head is gripped frictionally between tongues 9 and lips I. Thecurved form of head I l permits clip ill to be rotated so that it can beset at various angles with body portion 6. Head ll slides between lips Iand tongues 9 as the clip is rotated. Between head II and prongs I2 is anecked in portion l3 to assist in gripping a dish M, or the edge ofanother object upon which it is desired to set the rest. The necked inportion also serves as a stop to the rotation of the clip.

When the rest is used with a dish shaped as dish I4, Fig. 4, clip I0 isturned relatively to body portion 6 so as to enable the latter to be setin a horizontal position. When the rest is used. with a dish with anedge as dish I5, Fig. 5, the clip is turned at another angle.

While the claims specify the rest as used with a cigarette, we wish itto be understood that the rest is suitable for supporting a cigar orother object. Also that the rest need not necessarily be used on a dishbut may be used on other objects with suitable edges.

We claim:-

1. A cigarette rest comprising a body portion for holding a cigarette, aclip for supporting the body portion, said clip having a head and a partfor engaging the edge of a dish, a pair of oppositely disposed lipsextending from said body portion and a pair of oppositely disposedresilient tongues on said body portion extending in a directionsubstantially at right angles to the direction of said extension of saidlips, the head of the clip coming above the lips and below the tongues,said tongues applying spring pressure on said head, pressing the samedown on the lips, the head of the clip being curved, causing the anglebetween the clip and the body portion to be changed when said head isslid between the pair of lips and the pair of tongues.

2. A cigarette rest comprising an elongated body portion formed tosupport a cigarette, a substantially U shaped clipformed of a strip ofresilient material for supporting said body portion upon a dish by thestraddling of the clip upon the edge of the dish, a pair of oppositelydisposed lips extending from said body portion substantially at rightangles to its longitudinal axis and a pair of spaced and oppositelydisposed resilient tongues on said body portion extending in a directionsubstantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said body portion,the head of the clip being curved and coming between the lips andtongues, said tongues applying spring pressure on said head, pressingthe same down on the lips,

3. A cigarette rest comprising a body portion formed to support acigarette, a clip having resilient prongs for supporting the bodyportion upon the edge of a dish, said clip having an arched headconnecting said prongs, means upon said body slidably engaging saidhead, whereby said body may slide along the curvature of said head.

and an elongated resilient tongue slit from said body pressing downagainst said head.

4. A cigarette rest comprising a body portion formed to support acigarette, a clip, for supporting the body portion, having a part forengaging the edge of a dish, said clip having an arched head, means uponsaid body slidably engaging said head, said head sliding through saidmeans when the angle between the body portion and the clip is changed,and a pair of oppositely disposed elongated resilient tongues on saidbody portion pressing down upon said head.

5. A cigarette rest as claimed in claim 4 in which the longitudinal axesof said tongues is substantially parallel to the plane of the sliding.

6. A cigarette rest comprising a body portion formed to support acigarette, a substantially U shaped clip for supporting the body portionupon a dish by straddling the edge of same, said clip having its headpart curved into an arc extending, through an angle greater than 180degrees,

said clip having a reversal of curvature at the base of the head partfor each leg, each leg extending from said base in a general directionsubstantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the clip, means uponsaid body portion slidably engaging said head part, and a pair ofoppositely disposed elongated resilient tongues slit from said bodyportion pressing down upon said head.

7. A cigarette rest comprising a body portion formed to support acigarette, a clip for supporting the body portion, having a part forengaging the edge of a dish, said clip having an arched head, means uponsaid body portion slidably en gaging said head, whereby said bodyportion may slide along the curvature of said head, and an elongatedresilient tongue on said body portion pressing against said head, thelongitudinal axis of said tongue being substantially parallel to theplane of said sliding.

NATHAN G. HORWI'I'I.

MORRIS KATCHER.

